Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	know_v	let_v	1,934	5	3.9164	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01935	Certaine sermons preached upon severall occasions viz. The vvay to prosper. The vvay to be content. The vvay to vvell-doing. A summer sermon. A vvinter sermon. Vnknowne kindnesse. The poore mans hope. By Iohn Gore Rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to prosper.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to be content.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Way to well-doing.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Summer sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Winter sermon.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Unknowne kindnesse.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Poore mans hope.; Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex. Oracle of God.	1636 (1636)	STC 12071; ESTC S120526	199,234	334

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mitigationes_fw-la in_o cor_fw-la ut_fw-la patient_fw-la tale_n feram_fw-la oh_o my_o god_n shower_n down_o thy_o gentle_a appeasing_n into_o my_o heart_n that_o i_o may_v patient_o bear_v with_o such_o man_n as_o these_o pray_v i_o say_v to_o god_n that_o he_o will_v pacify_v thy_o own_o heart_n and_o mollify_v thy_o enemy_n heart_n and_o that_o be_v the_o way_n to_o be_v content_a 4_o mephibosheths_n case_n to_o be_v cross_v by_o perfidious_a friend_n and_o servant_n i_o confess_v it_o be_v a_o hard_a case_n when_o such_o as_o be_v viri_fw-la pacis_fw-la and_o viri_fw-la panis_fw-la as_o the_o prophet_n speak_v that_o eat_v of_o a_o man_n bread_n and_o profess_v friendship_n and_o love_n and_o service_n to_o a_o man_n when_o they_o shall_v go_v about_o to_o undermine_v he_o and_o work_v he_o out_o of_o favour_n and_o out_o of_o his_o fortune_n too_o yet_o the_o world_n be_v full_a of_o such_o zibaes_fw-la that_o care_v not_o how_o they_o colloque_n nor_o who_o they_o slander_v for_o 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passion_n or_o miscarry_v in_o his_o way_n by_o some_o ill_a temptation_n reprove_v he_o in_o god_n name_n and_o pray_v for_o he_o when_o thou_o have_v do_v and_o withal_o reflect_v upon_o thyself_o and_o say_v as_o plato_n do_v num_fw-la ego_fw-la talis_fw-la uspiam_fw-la be_o not_o i_o such_o a_o one_o have_v not_o i_o be_v or_o may_v not_o i_o be_v as_o vile_a and_o as_o vicious_a as_o he_o be_v not_o therefore_o too_o censorious_a nor_o too_o supercilious_a as_o the_o manner_n of_o some_o be_v but_o incline_v rather_o to_o think_v every_o man_n better_o than_o to_o think_v any_o man_n worse_o than_o thyself_o if_o thou_o see_v thy_o brother_n overtake_v in_o a_o fault_n do_v then_o as_o the_o apostle_n advise_v thou_o gal._n 6._o 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d restore_v he_o with_o the_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n or_o as_o the_o word_n signify_v bind_v he_o up_o gentle_o and_o love_o as_o a_o chirurgeon_n do_v a_o bone_n that_o be_v out_o of_o joint_n consider_v thyself_o say_v he_o lest_o thou_o also_o be_v tempt_v consider_v i_o say_v that_o thou_o be_v as_o he_o be_v and_o all_o man_n be_v as_o eliah_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d too_o like_o one_o another_o in_o that_o which_o be_v naught_o all_o subject_n to_o the_o same_o passion_n all_o as_o the_o apostle_n say_v shut_v up_o under_o sin_n and_o i_o pray_v god_n of_o his_o goodness_n have_v mercy_n on_o we_o all_o amen_n again_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o if_o it_o be_v right_o conceive_v may_v serve_v for_o a_o comfort_n and_o a_o stay_n unto_o such_o tender_a conscience_n as_o have_v sin_v of_o infirmity_n and_o like_o moses_n in_o their_o haste_n have_v speak_v unadvised_o with_o their_o lip_n not_o be_v able_a for_o the_o time_n to_o over-rule_v and_o bridle_v their_o passion_n it_o be_v some_o comfort_n to_o consider_v that_o the_o great_a saint_n of_o god_n have_v sometime_o be_v of_o the_o same_o temper_n yea_o there_o be_v not_o a_o soul_n in_o heaven_n the_o soul_n of_o jesus_n 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a_o angry_a god_n paveant_fw-la illi_fw-la let_v they_o fear_v but_o noli_fw-la tu_fw-la fear_v not_o thou_o be_v thou_o stead_v fast_o &_o unmoveable_a in_o thy_o affiance_n to_o god_n for_o why_o invenisti_fw-la gratiam_fw-la thou_o have_v find_v favour_n with_o he_o in_o who_o favour_n be_v life_n and_o who_o grace_n will_v be_v thy_o guide_n unto_o the_o day_n of_o death_n in_o a_o word_n then_o to_o close_o up_o this_o point_n as_o i_o say_v before_o so_o i_o say_v it_o over_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gird_v up_o the_o loyve_n of_o your_o mind_n and_o trust_v perfect_o to_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n do_v it_o not_o in_o any_o waver_a or_o timorous_a or_o unconfident_a manner_n as_o if_o god_n be_v like_o the_o poet_n ●enedos_fw-mi stat●o_fw-la malesida_fw-la carinis_fw-la a_o trustless_a anchorhold_a to_o the_o seabeaten_a traveler_n or_o like_o those_o deceitful_a jew_n joh._n ●_o 24._o to_o who_o our_o saviour_n dare_v not_o commit_v himself_o though_o they_o seem_v to_o believe_v in_o his_o name_n oh_o let_v not_o thy_o heart_n entertain_v the_o least_o suspicion_n the_o least_o jealousy_n of_o the_o faithfulness_n and_o fidelity_n of_o thy_o god_n but_o try_v he_o by_o thy_o prayer_n and_o trust_v he_o by_o thy_o faith_n and_o urge_v he_o with_o this_o text_n that_o now_o be_v preach_v unto_o thou_o as_o s._n austin_n say_v his_o mother_n monica_n do_v chyrographa_n tua_fw-la ingerebat_fw-la tibi_fw-la lord_n say_v he_o she_o urge_v thou_o with_o thy_o own_o hand-writing_n tell_v he_o but_o how_o hard_a the_o world_n go_v with_o thou_o and_o then_o say_v ere_o god_n have_v do_v with_o thou_o if_o thou_o do_v not_o find_v his_o grace_n to_o be_v sufficient_a for_o thou_o and_o so_o i_o be_o come_v in_o the_o three_o place_n to_o show_v you_o the_o efficacy_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n how_o and_o wherein_o the_o sufficiency_n thereof_o do_v consist_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v the_o text_n my_o grace_n be_v sufficient_a the_o principal_a thing_n whereunto_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n and_o beside_o god_n grace_n nothing_o else_o under_o heaven_n be_v available_a or_o sufficient_a be_v these_o that_o follow_v 1._o ad_fw-la condonandum_fw-la to_o pardon_v and_o forgive_v we_o all_o our_o sin_n which_o will_v be_v the_o bane_n and_o destruction_n of_o all_o our_o soul_n grande_n est_fw-la barathrum_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la meorum_fw-la say_v a_o father_n sed_fw-la maior_fw-la est_fw-la abyssus_n misericordiae_fw-la dei_fw-la great_a be_v the_o gulf_n and_o whirlpool_n of_o my_o sin_n but_o great_a and_o deep_a be_v the_o bottomless_a sea_n of_o god_n grace_n and_o mercy_n see_v that_o place_n rom._n 5._o 20._o where_o sin_n abound_v grace_n do_v much_o more_o abound_v have_v thou_o abundance_n of_o sin_n let_v not_o that_o dishearten_v thou_o god_n have_v abundance_n of_o grace_n if_o thy_o sin_n be_v great_a his_o grace_n be_v great_a than_o thy_o sin_n and_o far_o more_o sufficient_a to_o justify_v than_o all_o thy_o sin_n be_v to_o condemn_v thy_o soul_n only_o ne_fw-fr desis_n be_v not_o thou_o want_v to_o god_n in_o thy_o prayer_n and_o repentance_n and_o his_o grace_n shall_v never_o be_v want_v to_o thou_o in_o thy_o pardon_n and_o forgiveness_n what_o a_o golden_a sentence_n be_v that_o of_o s._n chrysostome_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thou_o do_v not_o thou_o can_v not_o so_o much_o desire_v to_o have_v thy_o sin_n forgive_v thou_o as_o god_n do_v desire_n to_o forgive_v thy_o sin_n unto_o thou_o i_o forgive_v thou_o all_o thy_o debt_n because_o thou_o desire_v i_o say_v that_o gracious_a lord_n to_o his_o ungracious_a servant_n mat._n 18._o 32._o intimate_v unto_o we_o that_o if_o god_n do_v not_o forgive_v we_o ous_a debt_n if_o he_o do_v not_o pardon_v and_o remit_v our_o sin_n we_o may_v thank_v ourselves_o the_o fault_n be_v our_o own_o because_o we_o do_v not_o desire_v he_o for_o if_o we_o desire_v he_o he_o will_v do_v it_o in_o a_o word_n then_o as_o our_o saviour_n ask_v the_o ●riple_a john_n 5._o 6._o will_v thou_o be_v make_v whole_a so_o will_v thou_o be_v make_v holy_a and_o clean_a and_o fit_a for_o absolution_n from_o god_n do_v thou_o desire_v in_o sincerity_n and_o truth_n to_o have_v thy_o sin_n remit_v and_o thy_o soul_n absolve_v by_o the_o blood_n and_o death_n of_o jesus_n christ_n to_o have_v all_o thy_o misdeed_n expunge_v and_o blot_v out_o that_o they_o may_v be_v as_o if_o they_o have_v neu●●_n be_v then_o take_v the_o prophet_n esaies_n counsel_n isaiah_n 43._o 25_o 26._o put_v god_n in_o remembrance_n of_o these_o thing_n it_o be_v a_o pregnant_a place_n i_o pray_v read_v it_o and_o remember_v it_o i_o even_o i_o

be_o he_o that_o blot_v out_o thy_o transgression_n for_o my_o own_o sake_n and_o will_v not_o remember_v thy_o sin_n there_o be_v a_o gracious_a promise_n but_o mark_v the_o condition_n in_o the_o next_o immediate_a word_n put_v i_o in_o remembrance_n say_v god_n and_o i_o will_v do_v it_o and_o not_o otherwise_o for_o though_o god_n remember_v all_o our_o sin_n and_o can_v tell_v they_o better_o than_o our_o own_o soul_n yet_o he_o do_v not_o remember_v they_o to_o our_o comfort_n but_o rather_o to_o our_o confusion_n unless_o we_o tell_v he_o and_o put_v he_o in_o remembrance_n of_o they_o so_o that_o the_o only_a way_n to_o put_v our_o sin_n out_o of_o god_n remembrance_n be_v to_o put_v they_o into_o his_o remembrance_n the_o only_a way_n to_o make_v god_n forget_v they_o be_v daily_o and_o hourly_o to_o declare_v they_o and_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n of_o they_o if_o therefore_o thou_o can_v not_o be_v so_o good_a as_o thou_o will_v be_v not_o ashamed_a be_v not_o afraid_a to_o tell_v god_n how_o evil_a thou_o be_v tell_v he_o how_o ungodly_a how_o unthankful_a how_o unprofitable_a a_o servant_n thou_o have_v be_v unto_o he_o and_o desire_v god_n to_o mend_v thou_o and_o make_v thou_o such_o a_o one_o as_o he_o will_v have_v thou_o and_o as_o joseph_n of_o arimathea_n go_v to_o pilate_n and_o beg_v the_o body_n of_o jesus_n so_o go_v thou_o to_o god_n and_o beg_v the_o spirit_n of_o jesus_n even_o that_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o supplication_n which_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o zach._n 12._o 10._o which_o will_v come_v down_o from_o heaven_n and_o bring_v into_o thy_o soul_n first_o supplication_n to_o prepare_v thou_o second_o grace_n to_o assure_v thou_o of_o the_o free_a and_o full_a forgiveness_n of_o all_o thy_o sin_n and_o then_o let_v thy_o sin_n be_v what_o they_o will_v be_v sin_n of_o death_n sin_n of_o blood_n sin_n of_o hell_n if_o thou_o can_v find_v in_o thy_o heart_n to_o pray_v god_n will_v find_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o pardon_v for_o his_o grace_n be_v sufficient_a to_o do_v it_o that_o be_v the_o first_o 2._o the_o second_o thing_n whereto_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o god_n grace_n do_v belong_v be_v adconsolandum_n to_o comfort_v those_o sad_a and_o heavy_a heart_n that_o can_v no_o other_o way_n be_v comfort_v i_o shall_v have_v faint_v say_v david_n psal_n 27._o 13._o for_o all_o my_o worldly_a comfort_n but_o that_o i_o steadfast_o believe_v to_o see_v the_o lord_n good_a grace_n in_o the_o land_n of_o live_v that_o be_v to_o see_v it_o before_o he_o die_v therefore_o we_o read_v 1._o sam._n 30._o 6._o when_o he_o be_v in_o great_a distress_n have_v neither_o house_n nor_o home_n to_o shelter_v he_o neither_o wife_n nor_o child_n nor_o friend_n be_v any_o to_o comfort_v to_o he_o but_o his_o own_o very_a soldier_n begin_v to_o takle_v of_o ston_a he_o then_o say_v the_o text_n david_n comfort_v himself_o in_o the_o lord_n his_o god_n hear_v this_o thou_o poor_a disconsolate_a man_n that_o be_v as_o thy_o saviour_n be_v say_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sad_a round_o about_o thou_o that_o look_v into_o thy_o purse_n and_o there_o be_v no_o comfort_n money_n be_v go_v that_o look_v into_o thy_o cupboard_n and_o there_o be_v no_o comfort_n provision_n be_v go_v that_o look_v into_o thy_o barn_n and_o store-house_n and_o there_o be_v no_o comfort_n corn_n and_o ware_n be_v go_v that_o look_v in_o thy_o heart_n and_o there_o be_v no_o comfort_n cheerfulness_n and_o joy_n be_v go_v then_o look_v up_o to_o god_n and_o there_o be_v comfort_n to_o be_v have_v if_o there_o be_v any_o water_n it_o be_v in_o the_o sea_n if_o there_o be_v any_o light_n it_o be_v in_o the_o sun_n if_o there_o be_v any_o comfort_n it_o be_v in_o god_n therefore_o the_o apostle_n just_o call_v he_o the_o god_n of_o all_o consolation_n 2._o cor._n 1._o because_o when_o all_o other_o comfort_n fail_v theres_n comfort_n to_o be_v find_v in_o god_n for_o believe_v this_o for_o a_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o man_n case_n no_o man_n estate_n no_o man_n soul_n be_v desperate_a to_o god_n but_o when_o they_o be_v at_o the_o low_a ebb_n at_o the_o rest_n stay_v at_o the_o most_o forlorn_a hope_n then_o do_v god_n speak_v peace_n unto_o their_o soul_n then_o do_v he_o draw_v out_o those_o same_o ubera_fw-la consolationes_fw-la those_o breast_n or_o dug_n of_o consolation_n which_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o isaiah_n 66._o 11._o and_o drop_v down_o that_o same_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o sincere_a milk_n of_o heavenly_a comfort_n to_o revive_v the_o spirit_n of_o the_o humble_a and_o to_o give_v life_n to_o they_o that_o be_v of_o a_o contrite_a heart_n the_o hebrew_n observe_v that_o one_o and_o the_o same_o word_n nakam_n signify_v first_o to_o repent_v and_o then_o to_o comfort_v and_o it_o may_v be_v well_o apply_v to_o this_o purpose_n that_o true_a comfort_n belong_v to_o none_o but_o such_o be_v true_o penitent_a so_o our_o saviour_n tell_v we_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n who_o he_o call_v the_o comforter_n when_o he_o come_v the_o first_o thing_n he_o will_v do_v be_v to_o convince_v the_o world_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v first_o put_v man_n quite_o out_o of_o comfort_n in_o themselves_o than_o put_v they_o into_o comfort_n by_o their_o saviour_n in_o a_o word_n then_o forasmuch_o as_o comfort_n can_v be_v have_v without_o repentance_n nor_o repentance_n be_v endure_v without_o comfort_n nor_o either_o of_o these_o be_v attain_v without_o god_n it_o remain_v that_o as_o the_o daughter_n of_o caleb_n beseech_v her_o earthly_a father_n jud._n 1._o so_o we_o beseech_v our_o heavenly_a father_n to_o give_v we_o the_o spring_n above_o as_o well_o as_o the_o spring_v beneath_o i_o mean_v that_o irriguum_fw-la superius_fw-la the_o spring_n of_o grace_n &_o comfort_n from_o above_o as_o well_o as_o that_o irriguum_fw-la inserius_fw-la the_o spring_n of_o sorrow_n and_o repentance_n from_o beneath_o and_o then_o let_v our_o discomfort_n and_o discontent_n be_v what_o they_o will_v we_o shall_v have_v grace_n sufficient_a from_o god_n to_o countervail_v they_o all_o and_o as_o philip_n say_v to_o our_o saviour_n john_n 14._o 8._o lord_n show_v we_o the_o father_n and_o it_o suffice_v we_o so_o though_o our_o sin_n confound_v we_o and_o our_o conscience_n condemn_v we_o lord_n show_v u●_n thy_o favour_n as_o it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o we_o 3._o the_o three_o be_v ad_fw-la sanandum_fw-la his_o grace_n be_v sufficient_a to_o cure_v and_o heal_v we_o of_o all_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o bodily_a ailement_n and_o infirmity_n which_o god_n for_o sin_n do_v inflict_v upon_o we_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o those_o scourge_n and_o rod_n as_o the_o holy_a ghost_n term_v sore_a disease_n luc._n 7._o 21._o for_o indeed_o they_o be_v the_o very_a rod_n which_o god_n use_v to_o chasten_v and_o correct_v we_o for_o our_o folly_n i_o say_v there_o be_v no_o rod_n so_o sharp_a no_o disease_n so_o sore_o but_o god_n grace_n be_v sufficient_a to_o heal_v it_o and_o to_o take_v it_o off_o i_o be_o ropeca_n say_v god_n exod._n 15._o penult_n i_o be_o thy_o physician_n or_o i_o be_o the_o lord_n that_o heal_v thou_o and_o if_o god_n be_v the_o physician_n his_o grace_n be_v the_o physic_n for_o whosoever_o be_v the_o instrument_n of_o our_o health_n god_n be_v the_o author_n his_o grace_n be_v it_o that_o do_v the_o cure_n therefore_o in_o common_a speech_n when_o any_o outward_a malady_n do_v befall_v we_o whereof_o we_o know_v no_o second_o cause_n we_o use_v to_o say_v and_o we_o say_v well_o that_o it_o come_v by_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n now_o if_o thou_o believe_v that_o it_o come_v by_o god_n grace_n believe_v this_o also_o that_o by_o the_o same_o grace_n it_o shall_v in_o god_n good_a time_n be_v remedy_v and_o remove_v and_o do_v away_o for_o as_o s._n james_n say_v in_o another_o case_n god_n give_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cap._n 4._o 6._o he_o give_v more_o grace_n and_o show_v more_o favour_n to_o heal_v those_o that_o be_v sick_a and_o break_a in_o heart_n than_o to_o break_v their_o heart_n with_o sickness_n that_o be_v well_o and_o whole_a both_o be_v from_o the_o same_o grace_n but_o the_o one_o more_o especial_o the_o other_o but_o then_o the_o main_a point_n for_o satisfaction_n will_v be_v this_o see_v it_o be_v in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n grace_n to_o cure_v all_o infirmity_n and_o that_o in_o a_o moment_n with_o a_o word-speaking_a as_o the_o centurion_n say_v speak_v but_o the_o word_n and_o my_o servant_n shall_v be_v whole_a why_o will_v god_n suffer_v so_o many_o of_o his_o own_o patient_n that_o have_v no_o physician_n but_o